adjacente pela vogal
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peer agreement (net): +4explanation Explanation: I think "adjacente" refers only to palatalidade here, not assimilação. What you've suggested implies that the assimilation *occurs next to* the vowel, and hence that the vowel itself doesn't actually undergo it - but my understanding is that the /a/ *does* undergo it (I think there was something about this in a previous Q). The vowel assimilates to the palatal glide adjacent to it, and hence becomes a palatal vowel. A literal translation, then, would be: "The assimilation of the adjacent palatality by the vowel /a/ is..." But personally I'd rather say "The palatal assimilation undergone by the vowel /a/ is..." I think the reader should realise that the glide is adjacent to the vowel anyway; I have yet to come across instances where assimilation occurs between segments that are not adjacent, and in any case I think the previous qs have made it clear that the glide immediately precedes the vowel. |
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